Grip for kitchen utensils



Dec. 28, 1948.

G. A. NOVAK GRIP FOR KITCHEN UTENSILS Filed June 6, 1947 IN VEN T OR.

cmge AAbm/k Patented Dec. 28, 1948 George Anton Novak, Broadview,

Ill., assignor to Union Asbestos & Rubber Company, Chicago, 11]., a corporation of Illinois Application June 6, 1947, Serial No. 753,127

2 Claims. 1

The invention relates to detachable heat-insulating grips for kitchen utensils and the like.

Its object is to provide an improved detachable grip of simple construction which may be manufactured at low cost.

A further object is to provide generally a tubular grip of flexible heat-insulating fabric, having a simple shape-retaining frame member adapted to maintain the tubular member in a substantially fiat configuration; the flat configuration conforming with the conventional substantially flat handle on kitchen utensils.

Another object is to provide a flattened tubular grip substantially closed at one end and provided at its opposed end with a flared opening, the latter being adapted to provide a ready means for starting the grip over the utensil handle.

A further object is to provide means adjacent one end forming an opening whereby the grip may be hung upon a nail or similar object, when the grip is not in use.

The invention comprises the several novel features hereinafter set forth and more particularly defined in the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the grip.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the structure of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an end View of the grip, facing the flared open end thereof.

The improved grip comprises a tubular fabric member to which I prefer to make of asbestos fabric, due to the use of such grips in the proximity of fire or flame. The opposed ends of the member ID may be inwardly turned to strengthen the end portions and prevent the fraying of the edges of the fabric without requiring any stitching or other operation to provide a selvaged edge at opposed ends of the grip Ill. The inwardly turned portions I2 and I4 may be maintained in flatwise relation with the main body portion of the fabric by means of rivets or staples 16 at the open end of the grip and by means of an eyelet 118 at the closed end of the grip. It will be seen that the eyelet I 8 provides means for hanging the grip up when not in use.

I propose to maintain the fabric member in a laterally spread, substantially flat shape by means of a bail-like wire member 20 formed at one end in the shape of a U and provided adjacent its opposed free end portions with ring -like portions 2'2. Each of the said free end portions may be formed with a ring-like portion 22 disposed perpendicularly with respect to the plane of the body portion of the member 20. The free end portions of the member 20- may be disposed intermediate the inwardly turned portion l2 and the adjacent main body portion Of the fabric and may be secured in this position by means of rivets or other suitable fasteners extending axially through the ring-like portions 22, as shown in the drawing.

It will be understood that, should the flared end of the grip provide inadequate opening to permit the extreme end of the utensil handle to be inserted in the grip, the width of the opening may be increased by forcing the free ends of the member 20 toward each other, as by squeezing the grip in a lateral direction.

While I have shown and prefer to use a woven tubular fabric having no longitudinal seams, it will be apparent that a flat fabric may be folded into tubular formation and stitched without departing from the scope of my invention.

While one embodiment of the invention has been shown and described in detail, it will be understood that this is illustrative only and is not to be taken as a definition of the scope of the invention; reference being had for this purpose to the appended claims.

I claim:

' 1. A grip adapted to be slipped endwise onto the handle of a cooking utensil and the like comprising an elongated tubular fabric member open at one end and substantially closed at the other end, said member being normally maintained in a substantially flattened configuration by means of an elongated resilient bail member disposed within and adapted to spread the tubular member transversely thereof, each of the spaced free end portions of the bail being formed with a loop disposed in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the bail and secured to a longitudinal edge of the grip adjacent the open end thereof, whereby the parallel edges of the grip at the open end thereof will be spaced from each other a distance substantially equal to the outside diameter of said loop to form an open throat on the grip adapted to facilitate the entrance of said handle into the grip.

2. A grip adapted to be slipped endwise onto the handle of a cooking utensil and the like comprising an elongated tubular fabric member having its end margins turned inwardly to form double thickness end portions, one end of said member being open and the opposed end being substantially closed, an elongated resilient bail member disposed within and adapted to laterally spread the fabric to form a substantially flat tubular member, the free ends of the bail member being 3 4 disposed between and atfixed to the double thickness fabric walls at the open end of the grip. UNITED STATES PATENTS GEORGE ANTON NOVAK. Number Name Date 1,487,749 Martus Mar. 25, 1924 REFERENCES CITED 5 1,712,675 Olsen "May 14, 1929 The following references are of record in the file of this patent: 

